PYQ Vault · Paper 2 · Representation & Participation
Discuss the major recent social movements related to the physical rights of women in various countries of the world.
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Flow snapshot — how the answer moves
Intro routes
physical rights = freedom from violence + control over one’s own body → sharpest edge of women’s rights → recent movements turn private harms into public claims these movements read as new social movements → Scott’s personal autonomy (women’s liberation) over body, health, safety
Body flow
rights base: freedom from violence + highest health standard, but inequality still feeds violence → sexual/reproductive health tied to life, health, privacy → CESCR + CEDAW affirm health includes sexual/reproductive health → #MeToo (digital age) exposes gender-based violence + harassment → abortion as central battleground → Amnesty International + grassroots defenders → Argentina, Ireland, Poland, South Korea
Counter-view
violations persist (forced sterilisation, virginity examinations, forced abortion, FGM, early marriage) → WHO + UN: ~1in 3 women face violence, barely changed in two decades
Conclusion routes
recognition won, resources not → funding + political will lag → 2030 target distant Fraser: recognition without redistribution stays incomplete → physical rights now await the second
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
